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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 833711" data-attributes="member: 12952">: From Obama’s late-night <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/02/transcript-obama-announces-killing-bin-laden/" target="_blank">speech</a>:“I directed Leon Pannetta, the director of the CIA, to make the killing or capture of bin Laden the top priority”
“I was briefed on a possible lead to bin Laden”
“I&nbsp; met repeatedly with my national security team as we developed more&nbsp; information about the possibility that we had located bin Laden”
“I&nbsp; determined that we had enough intelligence to take action and&nbsp; authorized an operation to get Usama bin Laden and bring him to justice”
“Today, at my direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound in Abbottabad Pakistan”
“I&nbsp; have made clear, just as President Bush did shortly after 9/11, that&nbsp; our war is not against Islam; bin Laden was not a Muslim leader”
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[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 833711, member: 12952"] : From Obama’s late-night [URL="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/02/transcript-obama-announces-killing-bin-laden/"]speech[/URL]:[INDENT]“[B]I[/B] directed Leon Pannetta, the director of the CIA, to make the killing or capture of bin Laden the top priority” “[B]I[/B] was briefed on a possible lead to bin Laden” “[B]I[/B] met repeatedly with my national security team as we developed more information about the possibility that we had located bin Laden” “[B]I[/B] determined that we had enough intelligence to take action and authorized an operation to get Usama bin Laden and bring him to justice” “Today, at [I][B]my[/B][/I] direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound in Abbottabad Pakistan” “[B]I[/B] have made clear, just as President Bush did shortly after 9/11, that our war is not against Islam; bin Laden was not a Muslim leader” [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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